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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

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Want Road Tarred

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 3

The Douglas Park Progress Association asked the Wollondilly Shire Council, at its meeting last month, to tar that section of the road leading to…

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Parents Hear of Son's Misfortune Two Days After Seriously Injured by Tram

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 1

Mr. Harold Felgate. who succumbed to injuries received when he was struck by a tram white riding his bicycle at North Sydney, on February 13, was…

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Big Drive for Road Safety

Camden News · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 8

The appalling death toll of the road during the past few months has caused an awakening of public interest in the need for making the…

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Chinaman Killed. Knocked Down by the Camden Tram

Camden News · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 1

Whong Sing, an aged Chinaman, 70 years, of Dixon St., City, a visitor to his countrymen at the gardens on Mrs. Shiel's property, was killed on…

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Menangle Park Items Improved Train Service Whist Drive-tennis Match

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 3

Since Monday last, the 5.21 p.m. train, from Sydney will call at Menangle Park, if required, to pick up and set down passengers. Previously…

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Annual Inspection of Motor Vehicles to Be Enforced Shortly

The Picton Post · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 1

A regulation enforcing the Annual inspection of all motor vehicles became operative last week. It was passed by the Road Safety Council…

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Menangle Park Items Agricultural Bureau—progress. Association—railway Grievances Agricultural Bureau Meeting

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 2

At Menangle Agricultural Bureau monthly meeting, Mr. Hunt (president) presided, but owing to unsettled weather conditions the attendance was…

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Coroner's Inquiry. on Chong Sing. Hit by Camden Tram

Camden News · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 6

On Thursday last at the Coroner's Court, Camden, Mr. H. S. Kelloway, J.P., Coroner for the Camden district, held an inquiry on the death of…

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Death Rate Falls. Attack on Road Accidents

The Campbelltown News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of N.S,W, announces that in the first six months of. the…

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Railway Excursions for Easter

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 March 1939 · page 4

Elsewhere in this issue the Department of Railways announces the excursion arrangements made for the convenience of country people, who…

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Road Works

The Campbelltown News · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 5

The Works Committee reported at the Council meeting on Tuesday night that inspections had been made since the last meeting in different parts of…

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Appin Road

The Campbelltown News · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 5

I have revised the previous estimate of cost of this extension to allow for increased costs of copper and transformer and for extras which may…

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Letters Stilton Road To the Editor of The Picton Post

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

Sir,-I saw in The Picton Post of March 22, where Mr. Arthur Vine complained against the impounding of his cattle from Stilton road…

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Overloading of Motor Trucks

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

The following questions were asked in Parliament by Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A.,:— In the absence of the Minister for…

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The Oaks Road Shakes Up the Liver Too Much and Is Rough on Cars

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 1

"Some weeks ago I saw by a report in your paper," writes a resident of The Oaks to the editor of The. Picton Post, "that the Picton Municipal…

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Cyclists Killed Big Increase in Numbers a Warning (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 4

An outstanding feature of the road accidents in this State during 1938, according to statistics just released, is in the increased number of pedal…

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Railway Delays

The Campbelltown News · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 5

Several delegates attending the United Stud Beef Cattle Breeders' Association of Australia meeting at the Royal Show complained of the…

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Motorists. Auto Be Careful!

The Campbelltown News · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

A—stands for AUTO and ASININE speed, B—for BAD BRAKES that to accidents lead,…

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Wollondilly Shire Council Busy Meeting—Roads, Bridges, Culverts and Drains

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Councillors had a busy time at the but meeting of the Council of the Shire of Wollondilly, held on March 29—a week earlier than usual owing to the Easter holidays. The engineer—ever a busy official—can generally bo relied on to provide a good deal for them to do, and his contribution…

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Fatal Motor Cycle Accident

Camden News · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 6

Early on Saturday morning last, 15th inst., Thomas J. W. Smith, while riding his motor cycle towards Camden on the Hume Highway, crashed…

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